Editor's Note:

MEDIA TIPS

• The Elections Department will attempt to accommodate all media requests to the extent permitted by state law. Media members should contact Christina White at 305.546.1030, Owen Torres at 305.877.8303 or Marie Bertot at 786.218.4682 with any such requests.
  
  
• As always, the poll opening (prior to 7 a.m.) and closing (after the last voter has voted) procedures are a public process, and the public and media may be present inside the polling room during those times as long as they do not interfere with the procedures. During voting hours, media are not permitted inside the actual polling room. Video and/or photographs can only be taken from the door or outside the polling place. News interviews with voters, campaigners, candidates, etc can only be conducted 100 feet from the polling location, exit polling may be conducted at 75 feet from the polling location.
  
  
• Election results will be available on Miami-Dade TV (check local cable listings) and at www.miamidade.gov/elections. Both sources will always have the most up-to-date information available.  Results will be available beginning at 7:15pm and will be updated approximately every 15-20 minutes thereafter. The first reporting will be the Absentee Ballot results, followed by Early Voting results and then precinct results as they are determined.
  
  
• Media who wish to be present at the Elections Department for visual purposes on Election Day will have access to the Department's media room at 2700 NW 87th Avenue in Doral. We will attempt to accommodate all media requests.
  
  
• Media parking will be available on Election Day on the south side of the facility, and the adjacent media entrance will be staffed. Please bring credentials for entry.
  
  
• The media room will have a limited number of computers available for journalists' use. Only the Elections Department website and results page will be accessible. A limited area wireless network will be available, as well as a limited number of analog phone lines.
  
  
• Television stations that wish to do live shots from the media room may do so. Miami-Dade TV personnel will be present to assist engineers with the mult boxes that allow them to patch from the outside of the building into the media room. The media room has a clear glass wall with a view of the tabulation room.